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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2012
Akira Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takami Mizukura, Kanagawa, JP;
Akira Matsui, Kanagawa, JP;
Takami Mizukura, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is a signal processing apparatus, including an input unit into which first image data and second image data are input, the first image data and the second image data being obtained by capturing a predetermined subject with an imaging unit and having mutually different states of blurring; a distance information calculation unit that calculates first distance information in accordance with a position in a depth direction of the subject based on the first image data and the second image data; and a distance information correction unit that calculates second distance information by performing, on the first distance information, processing to correct a deviation of the blurring caused by a mismatch between an image-forming plane of the subject and an imaging plane of the imaging unit.